The effect of assembly tolerance on performance of a tape application task: A pilot study

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-379

  Wartenberg, Constanze ^a,b   Dukic, Tania ^b   Falck, Ann Christine ^c   Hallbeck, Susan ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Manual assembly; Movement path; Precision task; Visual demand; Work posture

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECISION ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

MUSCULAR LOAD; PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; EXPERIENCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANUAL LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1242293100     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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